Friday, December 19, 2008

What i've been up to in december

We celebrated Yi Lyn's birthday by going to China Buffet King. as always.. food is the best solution.;p i felt kinda sad though.. coz it's like i dunno where we will be this time next year.

night view of buchanon galleries on the way there.

and this was just the first round.. haha..

four full and satisfied girls...

surprise party waiting at home.

cake from farmfoods.. nice and hassle-free.;p

J8 housemates..^^

the remnants chillin'..


Next was our celebration of Leng's birthday...^^

we had a potluck again. the second in our adjoined house.

some were busy preparing...

some were busy cam-whoring... *guilty*

but in the end we still had quite a spread of food!

Up close and personal..

nasi lemak from our house.^^

potato salad.. i'm not sure by who. jacinta?

fried tempura from shu yin's house

black vinegar pork ribs - one of my all time favourite! i really must learn this one day.=]

'Jeanie's' salt and chilli crabs.

i think this was our group photo on the day itself

with this one the one taken on the day of the potluck.

After sem 7 reached an end, we had a 'buddy' outing.. hehe.. me, hannah and jason watched 'the day the world stood still'. it was ok i think, the ending a lil' abrupt and sudden, but oh well, at least got keanu reeves.


then, coming home, we made penang lobak. the making process was quite disasterous.. the skin either too soggy or crumbling away, the meat oozing out fluid, the ends won't seal.. gosh.. but in the end it was nice and crispy. i love the sides!^^ gotta ask my mom to send me the skin again for chinese new year.


Finally, to celebrate the end of semester 7, we went roaming about the streets of buchanon.. before ending up in rumours!

fraser's fairytale land

prince's square

creative street deco

and finally... rumours!


fiona's wah tan hor

my udon in homemade sauce.. nice wei!

and yi lyn's seafood udon

it was 6.80 pounds per dish, but the portion was super big, plus it was nice. if i ever go there again, i'll definitely share. haha..

next up will be my 'amazing race' trip around europe. wish me luck!^^ i hope i dun pengsan out of exhaustion.. 2 full weeks wei!


Something cute to smile about ~





okay... i think i notice a trend here.. haha.. i guess i really like cute furry stuff.^^

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Laughter - the best medicine

i haven't laughed so much in a day before..
and i still can't stop laughing.
evile me.
hehe..

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Celtic singing

O Holy Night~


Over the Rainbow


May it be

Friday, December 12, 2008

S-L-O-W

Will i be able to finish studying Drug Delivery System in time for Monday??

What happened to my drive? my motivation?
it's there alright, tucked somewhere behind the paralysing fear due to lack of preparation..

but.. i only have 4 hours before i have to go out already.
sigh.. 3 chapters in 4 hours?
*pengsan*

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

george square

one hurried sunday, fiona, trisha and me unexpectedly went to town together to check out the winter boots in Tkmax. so.. on the way back, since we were 'deprived' of starbucks earlier that day, we decided to have a drink ourselves. hehe.. we couldn't help it.. caramel hot chocolate with cream called~ ^^




we went back through george square to have a look at the bustling activity there. every night it's all lit up! they even had a lighting ceremony of the christmas tree with fireworks and all. but then, personally, i think the christmas trees in malaysia are huger and nicer. but come to think of it, i think this was a real tree. so the size is quite impressive after all.

they had some activities for the kids..



the night view of george square was nice too!




we had to wait until the human traffic cleared while squeezing a hurried picture in between now and then.

me and trisha

me and fiona

all it needs is a santa and the picture will be just perfect!^^

fiona, me and trisha

they even built a log cabin.. with santa inside? i guess only the kids will know. or those who pay to find out. haha..

i was happy that day, coz i managed to find the most perfect winter boots at an affordable price.

i'm even happier today coz i managed to return the boots i bought earlier for winter.

besides, who can not be happy when they have pringles to past the night with? haha.. ^^

heart of worship~

as i look back over the years.. i still remember..

.. learning from cynthia during sunday school days. officially, she's my first 'si fu', albeit for a very short period of time.

.. jamming in sunday school with prisca, jaemy. really had fun with you guys. sorry jaemy, for tearing your langkawi t-shirt. it's the quality's fault la, not mine. hehe. during that period, i learnt drums, electric drums, some tambourin, some guitar. sad to say, i can't remember anymore. it was fun while it lasted though. =]

.. looking up one day after practicing with jennifer and seeing 启荣 looking at me. caught! "you also know how to play wan la?!"

.. 'lydia 你要做司琴吗'? it was david. i was freaked out actually. sunday school is one thing. youth is another..

.. he brought all of us together. him, li min, hui jin, ching yaw, me.. hmm.. i thought there were 6 of us. who did i miss? oh ya, dear sheet ling. cute "ah leng". hehe.. miss those days.. he started with a lesson on the meaning of worship. then it was practice every saturday. fast song basics, slow song basics.. i loved listening to him play, it was just different, special, the music seemed to tug at your heart. for someone who didn't learn piano at all, it was really a most precious gift from god. and so he was my 'si fu'.

.. it was a saturday. it was my turn. they wanted to sing a new cantonese song. wow.. i'm really amazed at myself for the way i managed to mangle it up. haha.. david had no choice but to take over.

.. i was 'upgraded' to play in sunday service. gosh!! super freaked out! what if i make a mistake? i remember telling li min i was scared. unluckily, david walked by at that time. i think i forgot to mention that i was terrified of him all the while. i mean, i thought he was pretty fierce. haha.. but that was 12 years ago. he was like.. if like this also scared then when the end of the world comes how? hmm.. anyway, hence started my life as an official pianist. the horror of it all.

.. i was playing the syn, li min playing the piano, david's eyes shooting daggers at me, hui jin's eyes shooting daggers at him. what happened? well.. to be exact, i, who was supposed to start with the intro, started at the WRONG KEY, and li min, who didn't realise it, was playing it at the original key, while the worship leader was singing at my key. sigh.. confusing right? but just imagine, what a CLASH! david was justified. hui jin, the loyal friend, was just pissed that he was giving us tension.

.. slowly, we improved. through mistakes, through practice. music became a part of my life. a way to vent my feelings. it was a hard-earned skill, but the precious outcome has stayed with me every since. through pressure, we learnt. together, we went forth. i learnt about teamwork, the importance of practice, of being humble, of praying..

.. li min was the first to leave. she was the oldest, so after form 5 she went to kl and eventually got married.

.. eventually david and sheet ling left too, after form 5. hui jin disappeared.

.. for the later years, it was just me and ching yaw. eventually ching yang joined in, so there were 3 of us, but there were 2 instruments to play. i was so tired.. i was on almost every week or at least 3 times a month. playing became a chore.

.. ching yaw started to lead in worship. now it's down to 2. fong yee joined at the later period, but since she had to take care of her baby too, she actually had an even heavier load than us.

.. i was flying to glasgow soon. it was time to escape.

but when i cast away the thing that i was called to do.. there was an emptiness within me. shifting from a place where i had no choice, to a place where i had no chance, i realised how precious the chance really was. i had always complained that i had no chance to just worship when i had to play every week. yet, when i could worship all i want, i yearned to play and worship, which is what it's supposed to be anyway. at the very least, when there's no stress involved, like when there's no important intro to play.;p

now i'm back at square one. i'm given a chance to learn all over again. i think i didn't come here by mistake. at the very least, i know there're things meant for me to learn in this short year that i'm here.

as i looked back, i realised my heart had turned cold. playing was no longer a joy but a chore, a commitment which ate up all my time. resentment? maybe.. that no one seemed to learn piano. i supposed i was suffering from the 'why me' complex. complacency? that's for sure.

so far.. what i've learnt over here?

- i've learnt to play in E major. gosh.. i really hate that key. but no choice here. haha.. i think god will always push the things you hate but need to learn at you sooner or later, when the time is ripe. oh well, it's good to learn something new! so guitar players, learn to master F major.;p

- i've learnt sometimes simplicity is the best. especially in a team. i've realised why i like to hear ching yaw play so much. it's coz he used simple chords without much melody, yet the chords he uses are the best, the most beautiful. he then puts in all his feelings in soft or strong tones. it can be said to be a difference in style, but i still think i run around too much. haha.. i need to change!^^

- i've learnt that skill means nothing. it is the heart of worship that counts. it's the hearat that god looks at. that's something i have to remember... when the heart is there, the music will be the most beautiful.. to god.



Michael W. Smith
The Heart Of Worship

When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless Your heart
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus

King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Every single breath
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

好冷

感觉上好像被泼了一大桶好冷好冷好冷的冰水
彻底从幻觉醒了

someone please get me to sit down and finish my stuff!!!

i guess i've really become the queen in procrastinating.. sigh.. i've been sitting here all night with my case notes in front of me. AND I HAVEN'T TOUCHED ANY YET! sigh.. somehow.. my fingers wander away from the notes to tinker with this and that.. mainly related with my laptop. the words i fear the most now is: 'click to watch'... sweat..

i suppose i could just switch it off.. but then, my case notes are partly in electronic copy, since i can't understand what i scribbled in my notebook during my hospital attachment.. and then there would be no more music to keep me going throughout the night, thus speeding up my sleeping tendency... (do i notice that the excuses are endless? haha.. )

now the things to do has piled so high that the obsessive compulsive side of me would not allow me to not keep a checklist.. let me see..

1. prepare pharm care presentation - to print tomorrow.. OMG! there goes tonight's sleep..


2. print presentation on acetate.. the cost of printng is such a good incentive for me to keep my presentation short.. even then.. it's 5 credits per transparency!!

3. Life group tomorrow

4. do research project introduction

5. do CPP EBM workshop

6. meet Hannah?


7. make sure library books returned before due date

8. contact joseph bout practice time

9. do CPP assignment

10. friday... hannah's birthday bash? church? hip-hop?

11. remind ticket master to send our phantom of the opera tickets.

12. plan for december hols

13. buy an extra sd card.

14. keep checking for credit card statement - i'm paranoid of getting fined..

15. buy winter boots, those really really warm and water-proof kind.. for december hols.


16. revamp and back up my 36.2 gb worth of songs

17. try to shut out the incessant banging coming from upstairs. what's with the water pipe anyways.. it always goes into overdrive everytime some water is used.

18. find out about convo date, visa etc..

19. study for drug delivery systems class test.

20. prepare research project methodology.

21. prepare pharm care presentation 2 - this time i better be prepared earlier.. too stressed out by the previous last minute experience.

22. study for biopharmacy class test.

23. finish pharm care project somewhere in between.

24. not forgetting to do PSD.

25. finalise research project.

26. time for finals?

gah.. i wanna vomit blood already.. i think i need two buckets.. and there goes my another half an hour.. T.T

and i wonder why i have so many things left undone. haha..

don't procrastinate anymore!! get up and do your work!! i really need to smack myself..

树叶与风


究竟。。。
是风把树叶吹走
还是树叶让风被吹走。。?

what i've been up to recently.;p

went to university of glasgow today for CPP IPL. this is their medical faculty. reminds me of imu though.. both in terms of size and.. shape?


the uni really looks so much nicer than strathclyde. haha.. no offense. i heard it was originally planned to be used as hogworts.. but was sadly turned down by the uni. the building looks very old and colonial.. then it is lined with trees with autumn leaves all the way along the main road.


on some random day... saw this out of my window - the sun rays pouring out from the heavens.


i've also been trying out some of the dishes i've meant to try out:

Kim chi ramen..


Claypot chicken rice...


Japanese cheese cake (made it with my housemates.. super nice!!)


our house also experimented with some new dishes:

Pancake! made from some random left over flour. haha.. but tastes nice! like roti canai.;p


Lemon chicken..^^


Radish soup with red dates.


now... i really have to start on my pharm care presentation dy.. sigh.. which case to use?? headache..